Wednesday, December 05, 2012

The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

I was
recently tagged by to participate in The Next Big Thing, where authors answer
ten questions about their current works in progress. If you haven’t read Greg Lilly’s post about what he’s working
on now, jump over to his blog to take a look.

In
turn, I tagged two excellent writers for next week’s posts. Olyn Warfield: “Newcomer O. Warfield's storytelling in rhymes
follows the escapades of Doberman Omar Blue and his pack in her two books, Omar Blue and K-9 Town, USA and Led By An Eagle, and Sapphire Phelan: Dark heroes and heroines with bite...sink your teeth into a romance by Sapphire Phelan today.Her
current release is anerotic urban fantasy The Witch And The Familiar
is “A sexy, erotic twist on
the apocalyptic battle between good and evil.” Watch for their posts on
December 12th.

So
thanks, Greg,for asking
me what I’m up to with my writing. Here’s what I had to say:

What is the working title of your book? I am working
on a supernatural thriller at the moment as WIP, but lets talk about my
finished manuscript of my young adult paranormal in first edits partially;The
working title right now is Demon Memories.

Where did the idea come from for the book? I wanted to
write a young adult paranormal, and I guess my last urban fantasy with Heaven
and Hell and the apocalypse still struck with me. And I wanted to do another
type of demon possession story, in which maybe the demon didn’t purposely
possess the teenage girl.

What genre does your book fall under? Young adult
paranormal, with some elements of urban fantasy and maybe even romance even.

Which actors would you choose to play your characters
in a movie rendition?

I hadn’t even thought of who would play the characters
in my book. Most times when I write my stories, no one character resembles any
actor or actress in real life. Personally,
the way I am fussy about how my characters act and considering I’ve done
professional acting and even directed an audio drama and a play too, I would
like tobe there when they do auditions,
to make sure they get the best actors for the roles.

What is the blurb of your book? Possessed by the demon,
Cresil, a teenage girl, Harper must join an old friend and the demon too, to prevent
a demonic army from rising to start Armageddon.

Where
do you plan to submit your book, or will you self published it? Will be
submitting it to agents and NYC publishers first.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of
your manuscript? Couple of months. 50,000 of it was written during WritNaNo.

What other books would you compare this story to
within your genre?

Redemption by R. K.
Ryals, Iced by Karen Marie Moning,
the Fallen series by Lauren Kate,
others like that, though I hope mine is different enough to be my own tale.

Who or What inspired you to write this book? Myself.My readers. My critique partners, too. But in
the long run, only I can inspire myself to write anything I write.

About Me

Pamela K. Kinney is a published author of horror, science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and nonfiction ghost books published by Schiffer Publishing. Her latest fiction includes short horror stories, "Donating" in Inhuman Magazine, Issue 5 December 2011 and "Bottled Spirits" (a Predator and Editor 2012 winner and a 2013 WSFA Small Press Award runner up), “Azathoth is Here" reprinted by Innsmouth Press in Innsmouth Magazine: Collected Issues 1-4 in Kindle and ePub formats, short dark fantasy, “Devil in the Details,” included in Harboring Secrets anthology and short horror story, “Let Demon Dogs Lie” released in Southern Haunt: Devils in the Darkness anthology March 2014, and coming soon, a fantasy short story, “Weregoat” in Strangely Funny II anthology. And of course, she has her horror and dark fantasy tales collection in print and download, Spectre Nightmares and Visitations, published by Under the Moon.
She also has done acting on stage and in films, is a Master Costumer, costuming since 1972, and she even does paranormal investigating, including for DVDs for Paranormal World Seekers, filmed by AVA Productions.